A coalition of youth groups in the Niger Delta weekend called on the Federal Government to accede to the amnesty call by oil bunkerers and illegal refinery operators in the region.
The coalition insisted that the illegal refinery operators are not oil thieves as claimed but businessmen providing employment for youths in the region.
Rising from a meeting weekend in Yenagoa held in an undisclosed location, the coalition which called for the release of over 257 arrested by the Joint Task Force and other security agencies noted that their continued
arrest will not stop the over a million locally operated refineries in the region but promote unemployment, violence and sea piracy.
The coalition in an online statement called on President Gooodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly to review the amnesty call by local refinery operators as their activities constitute serious threat to the nation our economy.
The meeting, according to the convener,Comrade Ozobo Austin, National President of the Ijaw People Development Initiative, (IPDI) urged the Federal Government to capitalize on the request for Amnesty by illegal refinery operators in the Niger Delta as employment and empowerment opportunities to the youths of the region.
Culled - Vanguard
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